From 0723556649cb04786471208c526ce148466776fd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sarah <sarahbot@google.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2025 13:42:02 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Bump the release version for the Java Client release to add
 the google-ads-bom

I bumped the major version since this is adding an entirely new module.
---
 CHANGELOG.md | 4 ++++
 README.md    | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2b52b7cae..84f6a0758 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+40.0.0 - 2025-09-03
+-------------------
+- Add the google-ads-bom module to assist users with dependency management.
+
 39.0.0 - 2025-08-06
 -------------------
 - Add support and examples for v21 of the Google Ads API.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e64f6cfc7..58c77611d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@ This project hosts the Java client library for the Google Ads API.
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.api-ads</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-ads</artifactId>
-      <version>39.0.0</version>
+      <version>40.0.0</version>
     </dependency>
 
 ## Gradle dependency
 
-    implementation 'com.google.api-ads:google-ads:39.0.0'
+    implementation 'com.google.api-ads:google-ads:40.0.0'
 
 ## Documentation